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DSST Geology
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1. Measure of the interconnectedness of the void spaces

2. Weight of a mineral compared to the weight of an equal volume of water

3. Formed when rock is broken and ground with little recrystallization

4. Oval-shaped mound of till

5. An area formed at the mouth of a river where river currents interact with ocean tides

6. The peeling away of the outer layers from a rock

7. Groundwater that flows out from underground onto the surface

8. Deposited from solution or by organic processes

9. Chalk

10. Like velvet

11. Large - slow-moving river of ice - formed from compacted layers of snow

12. Over 60

13. The downslope movement of rock and soil under the influence of gravity

14. Wide gullies in blocks of limestone

15. A slow - downhill movement of soil

16. Red-orange soils rich in iron and aluminum oxides

17. The inclusion and transportation of surface materials by another moveable material - usually water - wind - ice or animal (including people) movements

18. Group of volcanos in the pacific ocean

19. Contain large amounts of iron oxide and aluminum rich clays - making the soil a brown to reddish brown color

20. Settling

21. Moon of saturn

22. Aquifers

23. When glaciers melt and retreat and leave behind piles of unsorted rock debris

24. Involve a mass of soil or soil and other materials sliding along a curved - rotational surface

25. Icicle-like structures of calcium carbonate that hang from the roofs of caves